A VISIT TO AL-QUDS AL-SHARIF "THE NOBLE CITY" WITH FULL SPIRITUAL SATISFACTION

We were luckily bestowed a visit to al-Quds al-Sharif, which is the second city built on the Earth, and on which al-Masjid al-Aqsa is located as the first kiblah of Muslims, the third Holy Masjid in excellence, the starting point of our Holy Prophet Muhammad’s (SAW) Mi’raj, and the point where the Holy Prophet led other prophets in prayer, and the site which contains sacred places of monotheistic religions, under which ten thousands of prophets are buried, and which was under the domination of Muslims for 12 centuries, the last four of which under the Ottoman rule.

We had four days of spiritual enlightenment.

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ASDER STRATEGY STUDIES CENTER
The Opening Announcement of "ASSAM”

At the beginning of the last century, empires broke up.  Nations that were inside the empire structure were formed into states guided by the winners of the First World War. The dependent states were condemned to totalitarian regimes, even though they believe they were free. Dictators were protected and supported by the Guardian states.

Between the two World Wars, the developed states of the west were mainly dominated by fascist dictators, while the Soviets and their affiliates were also ruled by communist dictators.

After World War II, while democratic systems were in place in western countries, taking the USA and Britain as an example, Communism was adopted as a management system in Russia and its dependents.

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A New Period in Turkish-Israeli Relations

The Mavi Marmara ship, which has humanitarian aid to Gaza, has been 15 months since the armed raid on the International waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, on the Israeli Naval Force side (May 2010). In this RAID, 9 Turkish citizens died.

Türkiye demanded that Israel apologize and pay compensation to the relatives of the martyrs. Israel did not respond to these demands. Türkiye has taken the matter to the United Nations Security Council. According to reports that leaked from there, however, it was understood that a satisfactory decision would not be made to make Türkiye's demands come into effect.

Today (2 September 2011) we heard Türkiye's response from our Foreign Minister, Professor Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu.

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THE WINDS OF CHANGE ON THE ISLAMIC GEOGRAPHY

CIVIL COMMOTIONS:

In TUNISIA, a young man named Mohamed Bouazizi attempted suicide by setting himself on fire to protest unemployment, poverty and corruption and his images spread throughout the country just to extend the scale of protests among the public, which finally turned into a civil commotion. After the refusal of General Rachid Ammar, the Army Commander to obey the order to shoot protesters, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the President of Tunisia, left his country and fled to Saudi Arabia after 23 years in power. Mohamed Ghannouchi, the Prime Minister of the government dissolved by Ben Ali, assumed the Presidency as required by the Tunisian Constitution; and he formed the “National Unity Government” including leaders of opposition parties in which the ministers of defense, home affairs and finance of the former government remained their positions. However, with the continuing protests, the government resigned. By the end of January, a provisional government was formed under the leadership of Mohamed Ghannouchi. The Prime Minister Ghannouchi announced that elections would be held within six months and the new government would take over.

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